Civic Lens

Patrick Henry, Associate AD for Women's Basketball at the University of Memphis tells us what it takes to be an elite athletics administrator.

University of Mississippi Title IX Coordinator explains how a Title IX office operates in a higher education environment.

Western New England Law Professor Erin Buzuvis provides a detailed examination of how the important changes that have resulted from Title IX, but also how the law still falls short of its authors' intentions. Also mentioned: Getting in the Game: Title IX and the Women's Sports Revolution by Deborah Brake. 50 Years of Title IX: We’re Not Done Yet by the Women's Sports Foundation .

Kathy Thelen is the Ford Professor of Political Science at MIT. Among her many publications, the former president of the American Political Science Association is the author of Attention, Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy; " Off-Balance: How US Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes , " with Brian Highsmith and Maya Sen; and co-editor of The American...

Barry Lam, author of Fewer Rules, Better People: The Case for Discretion discusses how America's penchant for legalistic rule-making makes us all worse off. Show Notes: Hi-Phi Nation Michael Lipsky: Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service . C. Thi Nguyen: The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game

Dr. Hannah Allen-King is the Executive Director of the William Magee Institute for Student Well-being and Assistant Professor of Public Health at The University of Mississippi. She discusses the need for more research into problem gambling, especially for college students, and why it is considered a public health issue. Show Notes : Collegegambling.org National Council on Problem Gambling Internat...

Ron Rychlak , Distinguished Professor of Law and Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government at the University of Mississippi School of Law Show Notes : O'Bannon v. NCAA (9th Circuit) NCAA v. Alston (Oyez) Extra Points : Commentary and analysis on the COLLEGE part of college sports. Berry and Lust's College Sports Law in a Nutshell " Current State of College Athletics After House v. NCAA " by Ron...

Chuck Ross , Professor of History and African American Studies at The University of Mississippi, discusses the important roles played by Marvin Miller, Curt Flood, and how free agency came to be. Show Notes : Review of John Helyar's The Lords of The Realm: The Real History of Baseball, available on Amazon .